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Question from Melina: I have a question that I’ve been wondering about for a while now.
I know that computer repair shops must end up with a lot of older computers that the customers don’t want returned to them.
What do the shops do with those old computers when the customers abandon them and just buy a new computer? [Read more…]
Question from Kevin: Can you settle an argument between me an my cousin?
I told him that smart phones are really just small computers that are designed to make phone calls.
He said that since you can’t install programs on them or hook them to printers and stuff they can’t really be considered computers.
I think I’m right, but so does he. In your opinion, which one of us is right? [Read more…]
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Do you have an older laptop or desktop PC that you use exclusively for visiting websites, checking Gmail, Facebooking, watching YouTube videos or most any other Internet-based activity?
If the answer to the above question is yes, did you know that you would almost certainly enjoy a better user experience by running Linux on your PC instead of Windows?
Well, it’s true, and here are the reasons why: [Read more…]
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Buying a new computer
And if you don’t set it up correctly, you can open yourself up to having some real problems down the road.
I’ve been setting up new PCs for close to three decades, and during that time I’ve developed a simple step-by-step procedure that’ll have you up and running with your new computer as quickly a possible while avoiding the mistakes that come back to haunt so many others. [Read more…]
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Question from Brad: I have a really old Dell Optiplex 745 desktop computer that I absolutely love.
This machine has an 80 Gig hard drive and it’s recently started giving me problems.
These past few days when I turn on the PC the hard drive makes clicking sounds for about 5-10 seconds, then it finally starts booting up.
I know it’s the hard drive that’s doing the clicking because I removed the cover and listened to it. [Read more…]